AshesandDust

I know I'm saturating the comment section at this point, but I've been rewatching some of my favourite thrillers (because this year's thrillers were kinda disappointing, weren't as dark as the ones released from 2017-2019, exceptions being hellbound, hometown and happiness)
So anyway i was rewatching tell me what you saw and (marking the rest as spoiler)

Hopefully!

Since they were step siblings in sweet home, i dont think that necessarily counts? As romantic partners this is the second drama

I second you! Especially after what they did to voice season 4

I remember voice season 2 episode 10 had similar situation where the male lead grabs the female lead and makes her his hostage (he was pointing a gun at her) but then he whispers that he's only pretending. The female lead didn't know he was pretending until he told her. So not exactly a true hostage situation but close enough.
If you are talking about shows where the male lead points a weapon at the female lead, there are plenty of those.

You should keep up with the case if it bothered you that much. He was found innocent by the court. Not only did he willingly give over his phone and other devices, also stated that he would cooperate with the investigation within a few days of being accused. Instead of settling with the accuser as most korean actors do after being accused, he counter sued. The woman was found guilty and served time in jail.
There have been many actors that have been accused in recent years and despite reaching court settlements or being cleared, their cases have been shady enough for the public to still eye them with suspicion (examples being park yoo chun and park shi hoo). Reason being that his case was very straightforward and crystal clear. Plus the police investigations revealed that everything was fabricated.

2021 was a strange year for me. Shows that i enjoyed (like the thriller, hometown) didnt get the attention of the masses while Shows that were meh for me ended up being big hits. This is particularly strange because this was the year of action thrillers which is my preferred genre.

Liar game has two verisons, i have only seen the korean version and i liked it a lot. The japanese version has more seasons though.
I have seen may 3 or 4 cdramas and i usually fast forward them :P i think the only cdrama i truly enjoyed watching was flourish in time.
To be honest i too almost dropped memories of alhambra at one point but im glad I didn't because it got pretty good. There was a reason for all that build up. But then again i know many people that didnt really like it.

I started watching kdramas back in 2016 and though i started off with romance heavy shows, i eventually gravitated towards crime thrillers with a darker atmosphere. Not that i dislike romance but i just prefer a more subtle kind of romance.
My personal recommendations would be:
Voice (the first 3 seasons, didnt really like the 4th but you might like it)
Tell me what you saw
Train
Signal
Taxi driver
Beyond evil
Kairos
Tunnel
The ghost detective
Train
Save me (season 1 and 2. They aren't really linked)
Memories of alhambra
The guest (horror but soooo good)
Stranger (season 1 and 2)
Liar game
Healer
Search
Nobody knows
Money game
My beautiful bride (same makers as cruel city)
Hometown

Shows/movies that you have already mentioned have some that i second: the veil, devil judge, vagabond, awaken, bad guys, children of nobody, bad guys and the man from nowhere

I havent really watched the drama but from your feedback and character descriptions (and the videos on insta) , isnt boon ok more like severus snape?

Funnily enough, i didn't dislike the CGI in hellbound. I thought it kind of fit the atmosphere of the show

I honestly find nothing wrong with the way you critic the episodes. The problem here is that most of the people watching the show are fans of the female lead and dont realize that the comment sections in MDL of almost all dramas are the same. One of my favourite dramas of all time gets regularly bashed on a daily basis and i don't mind it. One of my least favourite shows has people singing praises all the time. I still don't mind. Most (not all) people that find your reviews offensive are probably people that recently made their accounts because of this drama and dont realize that this is a normal thing on MDL.

"I don't give a **** about what happened in korea in 1987".....
You do realize this is a korean show....about koreans....about what happened in korea in 1987.....made for the korean audience to watch? Like literally the korean audience comes first? Im not saying anything about whether the show should be cancelled or not, what im saying is you are horrible for writing such things when you are watching a korean show in the first place. How would you like it if a show in your country is being protested against and an outsider comes in to say they don't give a damn and just want to watch it?

So basically liar game 2.0

As someone who disliked black as well, i think the problem was the ending. The ending completely destroyed the drama. That and the forced humour and romance. If the drama had removed these and stuck with the dark themes i would have loved it because i really did like the core mystery. Also i actually liked the original grim reaper a little more than when he became SSH. He just had that edgy look fit for the character

But why is everyone calling it a bittersweet ending?

Can someone please let me know what the ending is like? Ive been waiting for the show to end so that i can binge watch it, but i hate tragic endings. Does someone from the 4 main leads die? Obviously i don't mind spoilers

I feel like jisoo fans are trying to make this all about her and the hate against her when thats not even it. They keep forgetting that this is not twitter, this isnt a blackpink concert, this isnt a bunch of antis attacking their fave. This is about a legitimate concern many have regarding distortion of history. Jisoo being in this drama does not have anything to do with it.

You have given hope to alot of people here :) this is also something i have been telling people (since i am doctor myself)
Also i think lee jin wook was supposed to be in season 4 but maybe there were scheduling conflicts?

Yeah i sympathise with the korean viewers. I know if a drama distorted my country's history, people would have reacted the same way. But at the same time i think people should at least let a few episodes air rather than asking for it to be shut down immediately. Because in that way if in future it's revealed that the show is not going to distort history everyone will be appeased, but if it does distort then no one, not even hard core fans would be able to argue against it. So maybe wait for 5 or 6 episodes to air. Because if this shuts down prematurely we'll have fans saying that everyone had an agenda with the actual problem being buried.